Chapter 17 The biggest surprise among the rookies in the new season

After taking the makeup photos, the league also announced the schedule for the 2007-08 season. The Lakers training ground was "happily" blessed with a more gloomy "Black Mamba"!

The Lakers open the new season against the Suns at home.

In the past two years, the Lakers have reached the playoffs twice, but fell to the Phoenix Suns both times.

Especially in the 2005-06 season, when the Lakers were leading 3-1, they were defeated by the Suns in three consecutive games and lost the series in shame. In the fourth game of that series, Kobe Bryant used a "double buzzer beater"

His performance shocked everyone. He thought his two kills broke the Suns' mentality, but he didn't expect that it was "the long night is coming."

After that game, the Lakers played a total of 7 games against the Suns in the playoffs, and the Lakers only won 1 game.

With Kobe's character, the Suns are naturally sworn enemies in his eyes at this moment.

Low air pressure is also normal.

Speaking of which, Li Wan has not spoken to Kobe yet.

It's not that Kobe was targeting him. Although the summer soap opera has ended, the big news that Buss promised him has not yet appeared.

It was probably not until that "big earthquake" occurred that he could relax his tense nerves a little.

Now when he faces anyone on the Lakers, he always has a straight face when he speaks.

Odom also set up a bet in the locker room on how long it would take for Kobe to laugh for the first time.

In the last half month, as the players gradually recovered and Tex Winter returned, Phil Jackson also began to conduct more detailed tactical training.

"Zen Master" returned to the Lakers in 2005.

But what the Lakers played in the first two seasons was not the "triangle offense" that they used to win the "three consecutive championships" in the early 21st century.

Except for Kobe, the Lakers in the past two years did not have a reliable support point.

However, this season, with Bynum's further growth in the summer, the entire coaching team believes that the opportunity to restart the "triangle offense" has arrived.

No, the 88-year-old Winter is on the job again.

As the founder of the "Triangle Offense Tactics", no one understands the "Triangle Offense" better than him.

In other words, it is the outside player's version of the "triangle offensive tactic".

The core of the Lakers' "three consecutive championships" from 2000 to 2002 was Shaquille O'Neal, and Phil Jackson built the entire "triangle offense" around him.

During his time with the Bulls, Winter was always an assistant coach on the team.

It would be perfect for him to integrate the "triangle tactics" of the Lakers with Kobe as the core.

However, regaining the "triangle offense" is not a simple matter.

During the first team training, Winter stopped it several times.

Kobe's singles choices often gave him headaches.

Don’t create 1vN, don’t rely on 1v0, don’t exclude 1v1.

These are the three ultimate purposes of running the ball in the "Triangle Offense".

Unlike other offensive tactics that pursue absolute "1v0", the "triangle tactic" is aimed at creating openings or 1v1 singles situations from the beginning, and then completing the scoring through the outstanding personal abilities of the superstars.

This is also the reason why "Triangle Tactics" has always been called "Superstar Tactics".

To a certain extent, the "triangle tactic" is the tactic that superstars can best "let themselves go".

Kobe's problem is that many times, he believes more in his personal ability to score, rather than taking action in a theoretically absolute 1V1 or 1V0 situation.

Usually the choice is 1vN.

"He is really the second Michael Jordan. There is really no difference between the two in this regard!"

Phil Jackson couldn't help laughing when he heard Winter's complaints. When he was with the Bulls, Winter often complained about Michael Jordan. He thought he played too selfishly.

But... Michael Jordan can be selfish. He has Scottie Pippen, the greatest second-in-command in history, by his side. Even if he doesn't support it.

Pippen can also handle it.

The same cannot be said for the Lakers. Bynum's ability to play the ball is very weak. To expect him to provide support is to wait for an "old sow to climb a tree".

Just like that, before the "Triangle Offense" training even started, we encountered a big problem!

Phil Jackson didn't practice as hard as "squeezing out toothpaste".

Kobe has been playing alone for two seasons, and his desire to finish is still strong. It is impossible to expect him to change all of a sudden.

The offensive end was not practicing smoothly, and the defensive end also had problems.

The 33-year-old Derek Fisher's lateral steps have further deteriorated. Although he has not degenerated to the level of "defending with his pants legs up" later, it is really unlikely that he can be expected to block his opponent one night, especially

When facing the top point guards in the league.

In addition, Pau Gasol and Ariza have not been traded yet, and the team lacks interior and wing defense.

After watching it for two days, Phil Handy's final thought was to defend the zone.

This tactic has never been accepted by NBA coaches. This summer, Popovich relied on zone defense to lock down LeBron James, and it has become a treasure in the hearts of many coaches.

The only problem is that the NBA has the concept of "defending for three seconds." If you want to defend a zone, you need enough tacit understanding. Now that the inside is disturbed by factors that have to move, it is even more difficult to defend the zone.

The Spurs are also a group of main players who have played together for N years, and only then have they formed a sufficient tacit understanding.

Li Wan is one of the few bright spots.

Whether on the defensive end or in the offensive end of training, he rarely makes mistakes, and his super high golf intelligence is undoubtedly revealed in the process of team integration.

The more Phil Jackson watched, the more satisfied he became.

"Lee, I plan to put you on the bench in the preseason, but I will let you play more than 25 minutes in every game."

Li Wan nodded.

The recent interactions with him made him feel that he seemed to have "misunderstood" Phil Jackson.

Since entering the training camp, instead of obstructing Li Wan in the slightest, he has been very active in helping Li Wan adjust. Such a head coach is undoubtedly happy for a newcomer.

Mike Conley called Li Wan the day before yesterday and cried to him about the unfair treatment he encountered in Memphis: "They selected me with such a high pick, but they had no intention of cultivating me!"

This is very embarrassing...

"Although you can show your ball-holding and shooting abilities, you have made great progress in this area. You know this very well. The preseason stage is for running in. I look forward to your good performance!"

Li Wan continued to nod.

Speaking of this, Phil Jackson felt that his relationship with the head coach should be better.

Um……

It's all Kupchak's fault!

October 25th, the day before the preseason started, was the day of the Lakers’ media open day.

Kobe faced the camera and put pressure on him again: "I can't accept the same defeat as last season. It's absolutely impossible!"

Phil Jackson took the initiative to mention Li Wan: "He is not on the right path. This problem may have existed since college. I believe everyone will see a different him. Among the rookies in the new season, the biggest

Surprise, I think it’s him!”
Chapter completed!